Open Data Day in Vancouver – Registration is live
I’m happy to share that this February 22nd there will be an Open Data Day event in Vancouver. The details are as follows: The event will take place at Domain7…
February 2014
On Rob Ford and "Private Time"
Robyn Doolittle was the guest on Alberta At Noon on CBC today, and the discussion naturally revolved around Rob Ford. Recently, Rob Ford has turned up in Vancouver – intoxicated…
GTHL Penguins 1998 A
Anyone reading this? Don’t sign with pair who are “coaching” now. Email me if you want details. They’re bad, bad news.
It’s time to say yes!
I’ve often wondered what the world would be like if everyone took improv training. In improv, one person makes a verbal offer (“I saw an elephant on the subway today”)…
An Executioner Denounces the Death Penalty as the Most Pre-Meditated Form of Murder
Allen Ault was the director of corrections for the state of Georgia, an office in which he presided over the execution of condemned prisoners. The experience caused Ault to resign…
Elizabeth May On The Harper Contempt For Democracy Act
If you are like me, you may prefer reading the transcript to viewing the video of Elizabeth May’s eloquent condemnation of the odious ‘Fair’ Elections Act. In any event, both…
Massive Snowstorm Blankets New York, Boston and Charlotte
This picture says it quite well. We are expecting similar conditions in Maritimes starting this evening. Plus there is a forecast of freezing rain. This storm is moving from south…
Feb. 13: The best-written story in the TandT for a long time…
It’s written by Adam Huras. And it’s a very balanced presentation of news, and clearly presented. “Debate rages pver ‘no-failure’ policy.” is a continuation of story in yesterday’s paper in…
From the Wildrose, an interesting idea
Alberta’s Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith has offered what on the surface sounds like a good idea. Her party is proposing the province transfer 10 per cent of all its…
St. Louis Judge Cites Citizens United to Protect Tax Breaks for Peabody Energy
With the quick stroke of a pen, a circuit court judge in St. Louis has singlehandedly silenced more than 22,000 city residents, who had sought to bring a ballot initiative…
John Tory: leadership means…
Back when he was Ontario’s Conservative Party leader, John Tory had a slogan about how “leadership matters,” or something like that. I literally forget how it ended. (Doesn’t matter: John…
SUPPORT: Auto Unions in the US and Canada are on a Roll
With all the union busting and union bashing going on by the 1% and their compradors in government, it’s nice to see the labour movement getting some traction. The next…
World Water Wrapup – The Crisis is Real and It’s Here Now
Pick any corner of the globe today and you’re bound to find drought conditions bordering on cataclysmic. Policymic.com has provided a useful wrap-up of some of the worst hit. Brazil…
And Then There’s This Puppy
This is the Ivanpah solar plant that went online today. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and delivering solar electricity to California customers. At full capacity, the…
The Toll of Coal
Coal is dirt cheap, or so we’re told. It sells for dirt cheap prices because it is so abundant, or so we’re told. Yet, like every other fossil fuel, the…
Flaherty bribes automakers—globalization at work
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s $500-million handout to the auto industry has engendered a bit of controversy. Dino Chiodo, president of the union representing hourly workers at Chrysler’s Windsor assembly plant,…
The Age of Reason – Cancelled Due to Lack of Interest
For more than three centuries we’ve basked in the warm glow of the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment. Well, according to Australian prof, Clive Hamilton, for the Age of Reason…
Canada Should Stall on Climate Change Deal – Jim Prentice
Former Harper cabinet minister, now CIBC veep, Jim Prentice thinks Canada should postpone negotiating a continental pact on climate change until after Barack Obama has left the White House. Prentice,…
And This is why Irwin Cotler Will be Sadly Missed
Over the past 10 years I was lucky enough to frequent many a Liberal event that had Irwin Cotler as a guest speaker. I say lucky because I was always…
And This is why Irwin Cotler Will be Sadly Missed
Over the past 10 years I was lucky enough to frequent many a Liberal event that had Irwin Cotler as a guest speaker. I say lucky because I was always…